Theories of Consciousness and the Problem of Evil in the History of Ideas

AvBen Lazare Mijuskovic

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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In this book, Ben Lazare Mijuskovic uses both an interdisciplinary and History of Ideas approach to discuss four forms of intertwined theories of human consciousness and reflexive self-consciousness (Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel;

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-10
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031264078

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Ben Lazare Mijuskovic was associate professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA, prior to retirement. He is also a licensed clinical therapist and has worked for many years with the San Diego and Los Angeles Departments of Mental Health.

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Chapter 1. The Battle between the Gods and the Giants: The Idealists and the Materialists.- Chapter 2. Historical and Conceptual Background: The Achilles of Rationalist Arguments.- Chapter 3. Can Senseless Matter Alone Think?.- Chapter 4. Is Perception or Self-Consciousness Primary? To which First Principle Does Personal Identity Belong?.- Chapter 5. The Role Freedom, Spontaneity, and Genius Assume within Ethical, Epistemic, and Aesthetic Contexts versus the Boundaries of Scientific Determinism.- Chapter 6. Time-Consciousness, Subjective Idealism, and Personal Identity.- Chapter 7. The Philosophical Application of the Concepts of Freedom, Spontaneity, and Genius in Various Contexts.- Chapter 8. On the Distinction between the Is and the Ought, Facts and Values, Science and Ethics.- Chapter 9. Narcissism, Loneliness and the Problem of Evil.- Chapter 10. Déjà Vu and the Problem of Evil: A Case Study of Political Narcissism.- Chapter 11. Is the Existential Condition of Mankind Improving or Deteriorating?.- Chapter 12. Is the Physical Universe and the Evolutionary Ages of Mankind Cyclical or Linear?.